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Coll 1/21 'The Resident: leave and acting arrangements; duties of Civil Secretary' [66r] (131/886)
The record is made up of 1 file (442 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1925-20 Jul 1940. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Chief CommiahibHer, Aden,
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
,
Aden, 12 February 1936.
'■
My dear Metcalfe,
Will you please refer to Walton’s
letter of 29th August 1935 to Acheson about the extension
of my appointment at Aden, and the proposal that I should
he in England this summer for the discussion of details
connected with the transfer of Aden with the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
and the Colonial Office ? I have suggested to Vv'alton
that I should go to England in June, and he has told me
that that would fee a convenient time. I am accordingly
putting in a formal application for leave from the 3rd
June. I am asking for four months, and I hope that this
will he approved, assuming that the situation here will
allow me to go. Lake will he here to act for me.
Laithwaite passed through Aden last week on his
way from India, and he suggested that part of my time in
England - about a month or six weeks - should he on
deputation.
I am writing officially about acting arrange
ments during my absence.
Yours sincerely,
Sd. B.R. Reilly.
Sir Aubrey Metcalfe, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., M.V.O.,
Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
New Delhi.
BCl_
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The file contains correspondence regarding leave arrangements for Government officials in Aden, including the Resident (later Chief Commissioner, and then Governor), the Assistant Residents, the Protectorate Secretary, the Civil Secretary, and the District Magistrate. The following topics are discussed: the temporary secondment of officials to cover positions; the pay and allowances due to officials assuming temporary positions to cover leave; the proportion of funds to be contributed by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Colonial Office; and the suitability of officials for particular posts.
The correspondence dated between 1932-1933 also contains references to the treaty negotiations conducted between the Resident (Sir Bernard Reilly) and the Imam of Yemen. Correspondence dated between 1934-1935 contains references to the transfer of the civil administration of the Aden Protectorate from the Government of India to the Colonial Office.
The principal correspondents are: the Aden Resident (later Chief Commissioner, then Governor); the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department (John Charles Walton, Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite); the Colonial Office (Hubert Russell Cowell, F J Howard, Kenneth William Blaxter), and the Foreign and Political Department, Government of India (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler).
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 1-2).
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- 1 file (442 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 442; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1457
- Title
- Coll 1/21 'The Resident: leave and acting arrangements; duties of Civil Secretary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:134v, 135ar, 135br, 135r:435v, 439r:441v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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